Golf sight



Oct. 27, 1970 H. N. DQUGLAS GOLF SIGHT Filed July 9, 1968 INVENTOR /vaW/.v/ea fv. Jansz/75,

ATTORNEYS United States Patent O 3,535,792 GOLF SIGHT Howard N. Douglas, 20 Circle Drive, Chico, Calif. 95926 Filed July 9, 1968, Ser. No. 743,391 Int. Cl. Glc 15/00 U.S. Cl. 33-46 2 Claims ABSTRACT F THE DISCLOSURE A pendulum type golf sight is disclosed having a peephole for viewing the green to determine the slope of the green with respect to the hole therein.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a device for sighting a golf green to determine the relative slope of the green with respect to the cup. In prior art usage, the golfer has often held his golfclub by the handle near the outer end thereof so that the head of the club acting as a weight creates a plumb bob effect so that a vertical line can be obtained across the golf green from which the slope of the green can be determined by mentally adding 90 to the angle of the club. At best, such a method gives only a rather inaccurate estimate of the actual slopes involved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION With the present invention, the golfer supports the golf sight by the ring in its upper end allowing the main body portion to hang therefrom so as to assume a vertical position with the pivoted crossbar extending transversely of the body. In this position, the golfer sights through the hole in the main body portion to the green and with his other hand moves the crossbar until it has the same angle as the green. The angle of the green can then be read from the mark surrounding the peephole on the body by determining the alinement of the transverse bar with the degree marks. When not in use, the transverse bar can be folded into the main body portion so that the complete sight can be dropped into the golfbag without occupying an undue amount of space.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a golf sight which is compact in design, inexpensive to manufacture, and accurate in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a golf sight of the class described above which can be folded to be carried in the golfbag along with the golfclubs.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent in the following specification when considered in light of the attached drawing.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a side elevation of the invention; and

FIG. 4 is a transverse cross-section taken along the line 4-4 of FIG. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows.

3,535,792 Patented Oct. 27, 1970 Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several gures, the reference numeral 10 indicates generally a golf sight constructed in accordance with the inventlon.

The golf sight 10 includes an elongated generally rectangular body 11 having a pair of upstanding ears 12, 13 integrally formed on the upper end thereof and extending in spaced parallel relation. A link 14 is pivotally secured between the ears 12, 13 by a pivot pin 15. Link 14 has a nger hole 16 formed in the upper end thereof to permit the link 14 to be held on a finger of the user to support the body 11 in depending relation therefrom.

A substantially elongated slot 17 extends transversely through the body 11 for a substantial portion of the vertical length thereof. A slot 17 terminates at its lower end adjacent the lower end 18 of the body 11. The slot 17 divides the body 11 into a rear leg 19 and a front leg 20 arranged in spaced apart parallel relation. The rear leg 19 has a widened central portion 21 and a front leg 20 has a widened central portion 22 corresponding to the widened portion 21. A hole 23 is formed in the widened portion 21 corresponding in position to a hole 24 formed in the widened portion 22.

A transverse bar 25 having a relatively straight upper edge 26 is positioned between the legs 19, 20 and is pivotally secured therein by a pivot pin 27 extending therethrough.

The transverse bar 25 has the straight edge 26 thereof arranged so that it projects upwardly into the line of sight through the holes 23, 24 as can be clearly seen in FIGS. 1 and 2. The length of the transverse bar 25 is such that it can be folded with the length of the bar 25 coinciding with the length of the slot 17 with the bar 25 being held within the slot 17 wholly within the body 1l.

In the use and operation of the invention, the golf sight 10 is removed from the golfbag and the transverse bar 25 is pivoted to a generally horizontal position as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2. The golf sight 10 is then suspended by grasping the link 14 permitting the body 11 to depend therefrom to pivot on the pivot pin l5 thus seeking a vertical position. The golfer then sights through the holes 23, 24 and with a free hand moves the transverse bar 25 until the straight upper edge 26 thereof is alined with the slope of the green the angle of which is to be determined. The upper edge 26 of the transverse bar 25 will then be alined with one of the angle markings 28 which are imprinted or otherwise embossed on the face of the leg 20 intersecting with the hole 24. Theangle markings 28 may have indicia imprinted therewith indicating the degree of slope or degree of angularity so that the golfer may compare the slope of the green with a standard.

Having thus described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it should be understood that numerous structural modifications and adaptations may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A golf sight comprising:

an elongated generally rectangular body;

a transverse bar pivotally secured on said body at its center of gravity, said bar having an edge formed thereon;

said body having a sighting opening formed therein with said bar being arranged to have its said edge thereof intersecting said sighting opening; and

means for suspending said body for free pivotal movement about a normally horizontal axis to enable said body to move t0 a vertical position and wherein said body has an elongated slot extending transversely therethrough and said transverse bar is pivotally secured within said slot so that it will fold into a position wholly within said slot for storage.

10 2. The invention as claimed 1n clalm 1 wherein mdicia is formed on said body for indicating the angularity of said transverse bar with respect to said body.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,293,755 12/ 1966 Cronwell 33-46 449,681 4/ 1891 Lasar 33-64 2,690,015 9/1954 Edwards.

FOREIGN PATENTS 240,920 4/ 1911 Germany.

LEONARD FORMAN, Primary Examiner S. STEPHAN, Assistant Examiner 

